Regular Shifts
Commit to a shift of four hours per week at a regularly scheduled time, assisting a Crucible staff person with work in the studio, office, tool room, and more.
Special Events
At our special events, we need support setting-up, tearing down, greeting guests, managing fire safety, art monitoring, registering people for classes, and more.
Youth & Community
Field trips, Bike Fix-A-Thons, earn-a-bike, youth workshops, and open houses require volunteers with previous experience successfully interacting with youth and our community.
What Our Volunteers Have To Say
“I am so grateful to this incredible place for helping me rediscover why I keep pouring my soul into creating. Beyond that, the community here is amazing. At every turn, I found people excited to explain things and happy to teach their skills.”
-Mel Lidman
“Being hands-on here helps my personal work and improves my own ideas. In my twenty years as a mechanical engineer, the engineering profession kept me more hands-off — in meetings and behind a desk. It is refreshing to be in an environment that is actively hands-on.”
-Aaron Gebauer
“The Crucible takes volunteer work seriously and treats me as a member of the team. I think the level of care that gets put into the volunteer experience—in addition to the experiences students have—is pretty amazing.”
-Abisola Coretta
We Need Your Skills
In particular, we are looking for:
- Bike Mechanics or people with bike maintenance skills. You can have a huge impact getting dozens of bikes fixed and back on the road for free for our neighbors.
- Professional Photographers, Journalists, or Videographers to help document our classes and at special events. Interested photographers must be comfortable shooting with a digital camera and have a portfolio of past work to share.
- People with office skills such as data entry, wordpress, filing and organizing, etc. Comfortability with computers is preferred!
- People willing to commit as a Level 3 Volunteer in Foundry, Glass Coldworking, Bike Shop, Welding, Jewelry, and Leather or in the office as a Level 3 Volunteer in Marketing, Events, Adult Programs, or Volunteer Coordination.
- People with day time availability.
- People with experience working with youth.